Explore Angling Lines’ carp fishing lakes in France, with detailed guides to venues, fish stocks and recommendations.
Dorian – carp of the month Wow what a month October has been for carp captures at Villefond ! As I reported last month the fish had finally finished what had been a drawn out spawning ritual & since then they have been heavily on the feed and are really piling the weight on. If […]
Mike Dagnall has just returned from Laroussi & although he didn’t catch many… he certainly had quality. From a 7 carp haul the biggest 3 were 72lb 4oz, 53 lb and 41 lb. Take a look at the photos… Carp Fishing in France at Laroussi
Arthur @ 54.07 Nick Johnson returned to Villefond for the third time on the 20th of October 2012 with Dave Procter (his second visit) and they both done brilliantly. Their amazing catch report reads as follows; Total weight of carp caught; 635 lb 12oz Average weight of carp; a massive 41.6lb! Fish caught in order of […]
Linda recently fished Vincons with partner Bill… and Bill’s a top class photographer. Here’s some of the shots he took. Fabulous! Carp fishing in France with accommodation at Vincons
558.5kg As regular readers will know, the owner of Old Oaks & Laroussi, Mehdi Daho, is a record vegetable grower. Here’s photos of his last 2 pumpkins; The white one is 509kg and the other one is 558.5kg. It was the first time ever in France that a grower produced 3 pumpkins over 500kg. Happy […]
566.5kg! Laroussi & Old Oaks owner, Mehdi Daho has been at it again! Here’s his latest record beating vegetables… * Pumpkin of 566.5kg * Super squash of 425.5kg (the new French record) Well done Mehdi! Carp France at Old Oaks
Here’s a fantastic depth map of Beaurepaire sent to us by Dave Gifford. Thanks for sharing Dave! Angling Holidays at Beaurepaire
Nottingham based Macmillan Nurse Roz Bexon, here for the week with hubby Neil and son Chris, managed to bust not one but two La Gléhias Ladies Lake Records!! At around 23:30 Monday evening, Roz’s middle rod ripped off from the shallow end of the Gorse Bank where it meets the reeds and landed herself her […]
Kierron’s 40lb’er from Lotus Lake The Journey Thank you to all the staff at Angling lines for the help given in arranging hotel stops. It’s a long journey to do in one day especially if you have children. We broke our journey and made it part of the holiday. On the way down we […]
Kierran Lack describes his 2012 Old Oaks session. This article appeared in Crafty Carper & is reproduced with thanks. Carp France at Old Oaks
As a party of four we have just returned from Old Oaks. On arrival we were met by Mehdi, who we found to be very polite and helpful. He gave us info. on the lake and a tour of the facilities, which are more than adequate – shower, washing facilities, electric power points and a […]
There was just myself fishing and to be honest I caught too many fish to mention… but the highlights were: PB Mirror 37lb in fact 1st fish caught! Double Mainline Cell 18mm with mixed pellet PVA bag. PB Common 21lb 8oz Double Mainline Cell 18mm Lots of 10lb + and mid twenty Mirrors and the […]
This feedback from Stuart is full of detail & tips on how to get the best out of Vincons – so we thought we’d include it here too. Holiday date: Sat 25th Aug to Sat 1st Sep 2012 Name of customer: Stuart Olley Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: We wanted a run water and this place delivered. It […]
54lb – the new venue record Tony & Anne Larkin fished Beaurepaire w/c 11th August & Anne broke the venue record with this stunning 54lb mirror. They caught a total of 22 carp plus catfish using a variety of different baits including Quest Baits, Poacher baits & Dynamite. Angling Holidays at Beaurepaire
Paul with a Boux 50 from an Oct 2011 session Here’s a question we received from a customer; Can you tell me what the lake bottom is made up of at Boux? Paul Cooper answers; Hi Terry The lake bottom in Boux varies, depending on what part of the lake you decide to fish. The […]
Here’s the new Villefond venue video… Carp Fishing in France at Villefond
75lb 4oz – Villefond Lake Record Catfish The unsettled weather over the last few months has seen the fish spawn in a more staggered way to usual. Usually by the end of May most of the fish have finished and are back on the munch but with the weather being hot one week and wet […]
Holiday date: Sat 7th Jul to Sat 14th Jul 2012 Name of customer: Adrian Brown Number of anglers: 1 Details of your catches: There was just myself fishing, too many fish caught to mention here but the highlights were: pb mirror 37lb in fact 1st fish caught! Double mainline cell 18mm with mixed pellet pva bag. Pb common 21lb 8oz double […]
Will Winkles Out a Whopper!!! 16 year old Will Waterton of QES, here at Glehias for the week with his family – dad Mark, mum Claire and sister Nina from Lancaster – managed to bag himself a rather large Catfish this morning. Large enough to break the current ‘Juniors Lake Record Catfish’ at least!! […]
Steve Inn’s recently (July ’12) spent a week on Villefond carp lake in France… here’s some of the highlights… Carp Fishing in France at Villefond
